Does this occur even for the villagers that didn't physically make it to the center of town yet? I had villagers that were very elderly that moved slowly and were headed from the direction of the beach and by the time they were up near the research table had skeletons in their hands too. They were no where near the remains when the skeletons were in their hands. It was really a cool sight. I am going to open my game in just a sec and see if it happens again this morning. If it does I will post. Thanks!